Inside the Rampart
photoA view looking west from inside the mound of Carchemish towards the Western Rampart and the West Gate. The picture was taken from inside the "Inner Town" near the "Lower Palace." The Middle Bronze Age ramparts enclose an area of at least 86 acres.
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